Definition of Leeched

1. Verb. (past of leech) ¹

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Definition of Leeched

1. leech [v] - See also: leech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeched

lee shore
lee side
lee tide
leeangle
leear
leears
leeboard
leeboards
leech
leech-finger
leech line
leech onto
leechcraft
leechdom
leechdoms
leeched (current term)
leechee
leechees
leecher
leechers
leeches
leeching
leechlike
leed
leeing
leek
leek moth
leek moths
leeklike
leeks

Literary usage of Leeched

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Medical Gazette (1840)
"... at it* spine it may be leeched; bat without km of time active counter-irritation should W applied to the immediate neighbourhood. ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Efficacy of Bloodletting, in the Epidemic Fever by Benjamin Welsh (1819)
"Thus, of the 133 patients who suffered a relapse, 42, or 1 in 3s were bled from the arm only ; 20, or 1 in 6~ were both bled and leeched ; 22, ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1874)
"... Moore's) care when returning to India, being introduced to him by her medical attendant from London, who requested that she should be leeched if the ..."

4. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"How leeched you are not gone to school ?" " How leeched thou does not go to thy work ?" L. See How LICHT. LEEDY, s. lady. W. CHES. This pronunciation of the ..."

5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"How leeched you are not gone to school ? " " How leeched thou dost not go to thy work ? " L. LEET, s.—A light . ..."

6. A Treatise on the Continued Fevers of Great Britain by Charles Murchison (1873)
"Again, of the 133 patients who suffered a relapse, 42 were bled from the arm during the relapse; 20 were both bled and leeched ; 22 were bled by means of ..."

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